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The Montgolfier brothers and the invention of aviation, 1783-1784 with a word on the importance of ballooning for the science of heat and the art of building railroads

Title
The Montgolfier brothers and the invention of aviation, 1783-1784 [electronic resource] : with a word on the importance of ballooning for the science of heat and the art of building railroads / by Charles Coulston Gillispie.
Author
Gillispie, Charles Coulston.
Publication
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1983]

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Details

Description
1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Series Statement
Princeton legacy library
Uniform Title
Montgolfier brothers and the invention of aviation, 1783-1784 (Online)
Alternative Title
Montgolfier brothers and the invention of aviation, 1783-1784 (Online)
Subject
  • Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810
  • Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799
  • Aeronautics > History
  • Balloonists > France > Biography
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: pages 178-179.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record.
OCLC
ssj0001376141
Author
Gillispie, Charles Coulston.
Title
The Montgolfier brothers and the invention of aviation, 1783-1784 [electronic resource] : with a word on the importance of ballooning for the science of heat and the art of building railroads / by Charles Coulston Gillispie.
Imprint
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1983]
Series
Princeton legacy library
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 178-179.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Other Form:
Print version: Gillispie, Charles Coulston. Montgolfier brothers and the invention of aviation, 1783-1784 : with a word on the importance of ballooning for the science of heat and the art of building railroads. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1983] xi, 210 pages ; 29 cm. Princeton legacy library 9780691613321
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